Vauquois
Vauquois is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Vauquois | |
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 The town hall in Vauquois | |
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Location of Vauquois 
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| Coordinates: 49°12′14″N 5°04′24″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Meuse |
| Arrondissement | Verdun |
| Canton | Clermont-en-Argonne |
| Intercommunality | Argonne-Meuse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Delandre |
| Area 1 | 8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 17 |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 55536 /55270 |
| Elevation | 184–290 m (604–951 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
During World War 1, Vauquois was the site of violent mine warfare,[2] also in connection with the Battle of Verdun (1916). From 1915 to 1918, French and German tunneling units fired 519 separate mines at Vauquois, and the German gallery network beneath the village hill (the Butte de Vauquois) grew to a length of 17 kilometres (11 mi). Vauquois was completely destroyed and many huge craters and dugouts remain.
The French papyrologist Jean Maspero (1885–1915) died in Vauquois as was biologist Auguste Chaillou.
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "The War Underground". First World War: Vauquois. webmatters.net. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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External links
- From The Air - Butte de Vauquois, Steven Upton, 2016, YouTube
Further reading
- Triplet, William S. (2000). Ferrell, Robert H. (ed.). A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press. pp. 160-61, 163, 166–71, 183, 187. ISBN 0-8262-1290-5. LCCN 00029921. OCLC 43707198.
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